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<div class="sectiontitle">The eml-project module - Research context information for
            resources</div>
            
<p>The eml-project module describes the research context in
            which the dataset was created, including descriptions of over-all
            motivations and goals, funding, personnel, description of the study
            area etc. This is also the module to describe the design of the
            project: the scientific questions being asked, the architecture of
            the design, etc. This module is used to place the dataset that is
            being documented into its larger research context.</p>
            
<p>The eml-project module, like other modules, may be
            "referenced" via the &lt;references&gt; tag. This allows a research
            project to be described once, and then used as a reference in other
            locations within the EML document via its ID.</p>
          
        
<div class="title">Module details</div>
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<td class="tablepanel"> Recommended Usage: </td><td class="tablepanel">Use eml-project to document the research context of any dataset or project.</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"> Stand-alone: </td><td class="tablepanel">no</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"> Imports: </td><td class="tablepanel">eml-documentation, eml-resource, eml-party, eml-coverage, eml-literature, eml-text</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"> Imported By: </td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"> View an image of the schema: </td><td class="tablepanel"><a href="eml-project.png" target="offline">eml-project image</a></td>
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<h2>Element Definitions:</h2>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="researchProject">researchProject&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#ResearchProjectType">ResearchProjectType</a></td>
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<blockquote>The root element of this module. This is used for
        testing or if you want to instantiate a stand-alone project
        file.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="title">title&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#NonEmptyStringType">res:NonEmptyStringType</a></td>
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<blockquote>A descriptive title for the research
              project.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>Species diversity in Tennessee riparian
              habitats.<br>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="personnel">personnel&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
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<span class="boldtext">Derived from: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-party.html#ResponsibleParty">rp:ResponsibleParty</a> (by xs:extension) </p>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#role">role</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<blockquote>The Personnel field extends ResponsibleParty
              with role information and is used to document people involved in
              a research project by providing contact information and their
              role in the project. A project must have at least one
              originator.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="role">role&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<blockquote>The role field contains information
                        about role a person plays in a research project. There
                        are a number of suggested roles, however, it is
                        possible to add a role if the suggested roles are not
                        adequate.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>author<br>contentProvider<br>custodianSteward<br>distributor<br>editor<br>metadataProvider<br>originator<br>owner<br>pointOfContact<br>principalInvestigator<br>processor<br>publisher<br>user<br>fieldStationManager<br>informationManager<br>
</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="abstract">abstract&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<blockquote>Descriptive abstract that summarizes information
              about the research project.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="funding">funding&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<blockquote>The funding field is used to provide information
              about funding sources for the project such as: grant and contract
              numbers; names and addresses of funding sources. Other
              funding-related information may also be
              included.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="studyAreaDescription">studyAreaDescription&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#descriptor">descriptor</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#citation">citation</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#coverage">coverage</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<blockquote>The studyAreaDescription field documents the
              physical area associated with the research project. It can
              include descriptions of the geographic, temporal, and taxonomic
              coverage of the research location and descriptions of domains
              (themes) of interest such as climate, geology, soils or
              disturbances or reference to citable biological or geophysical
              classification systems such as the Bailey Ecoregions or the
              Holdridge Life Zones.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="descriptor">descriptor&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A sequence of (</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#descriptorValue">descriptorValue</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#citation">citation</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Attributes: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Default Value: </span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#name">name</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">required</span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#citableClassificationSystem">citableClassificationSystem</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">required</span></td>
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<blockquote>The descriptor field is used to document
                    domains (themes) of interest such as climate, geology,
                    soils or disturbances or references to citable biological
                    or geophysical classification systems such as the Bailey
                    Ecoregions or the Holdridge Life Zones.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="descriptorValue">descriptorValue&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#name_or_id">name_or_id</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
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<blockquote>The descriptorValue field contains
                          the value of a descriptor, describing some aspect of
                          the study area. This may either be a general
                          description in textual form or the value part of a
                          "name/value" pair where the name is entered in the
                          attribute "name_or_id". For example, if the value of
                          the "name" attribute" of the element "descriptor" is
                          "climate", and the value of the attribute
                          "name_or_id" of the element "descriptorValue" is
                          "Annual Precipitation" then the value of this element
                          could be "12.5 inches".<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>12.5 inches<br>tundra-forest<br>
</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="citation">citation&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-literature.html#CitationType">cit:CitationType</a></td>
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<blockquote>A citation for this
                          descriptor.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="citation">citation&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<blockquote>The citation for this
                    descriptor.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="coverage">coverage&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-coverage.html#Coverage">cov:Coverage</a></td>
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<blockquote>The coverage of this
                    descriptor.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="designDescription">designDescription&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Elements: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> Use: </span></td><td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext"> How many: </span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> A choice of (</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#description">description</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3"> OR </td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#citation">citation</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel" colspan="3">)</td>
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<blockquote>The field designDescription contains general
              textual descriptions of research design. It can include detailed
              accounts of goals, motivations, theory, hypotheses, strategy,
              statistical design, and actual work. Literature citations may
              also be used to describe the research design.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="description">description&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-text.html#TextType">txt:TextType</a></td>
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<blockquote>The field designDescription contains
                    general textual descriptions of research design. It can
                    include detailed accounts of goals, motivations, theory,
                    hypotheses, strategy, statistical design, and actual
                    work.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="citation">citation&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="eml-literature.html#CitationType">cit:CitationType</a></td>
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<blockquote>The citation field is a citation to
                    literature that describes elements of the research design,
                    such as goals, motivations, theory, hypotheses, strategy,
                    statistical design, and actual work.</blockquote>
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<td class="tablehead" colspan="1"><a class="sitelink" name="relatedProject">relatedProject&nbsp; </a></td><td class="tablehead" colspan="1">This element has no default value.</td>
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<td width="40%" class="tablepanel"> Content of this field: </td><td class="tablepanel"> Description of this field: </td>
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<td class="tablepanel" valign="top"><span class="boldtext">Type: </span><a class="sitelink" href="#ResearchProjectType">ResearchProjectType</a></td>
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<blockquote>This field is a recursive link to another
              project. This allows projects to be nested under one another for
              the case where one project spawns another.</blockquote>
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<h2>Attribute Definitions:</h2>
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<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="name_or_id">name_or_id</a></td>
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<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><span class="boldtext">xs:string</span></span>
</p>
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<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
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<blockquote>The name_or_id field is the
                                  name part of a name/value pair of a
                                  descriptor; or ID portion of a
                                  classification, if applicable. The values of
                                  biogeophysical classification systems, e.g.
                                  Bailey-Ecoregions, often take the form of an
                                  ID or Code along with a text representation.
                                  For example, the ID/Code M131 refers to the
                                  phrase "Open Woodland -Tundra". M131 is an
                                  unambiguous reference to a more detailed
                                  description. If one is using a published
                                  classification system then there should be a
                                  corresponding citation to the source, e.g.,
                                  Bailey,R.G., 1996 "Ecosystem
                                  Geography".<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>M131<br>Average Annual
                                  Rainfall<br>
</blockquote>
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<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="name">name</a></td>
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<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="#DescriptorType">DescriptorType</a></span>
</p>
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<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">required</span>
</p>
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<blockquote>The name of the descriptor system. The
                        name can be either a theme such as climate or
                        hydrology, or the name of a citable classification
                        system.</blockquote>
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<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="citableClassificationSystem">citableClassificationSystem</a></td>
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<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><span class="boldtext">xs:boolean</span></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">required</span>
</p>
</td><td valign="top" class="tablepanel" colspan="1">
<blockquote>This boolean attribute defines whether
                        this descriptor comes from a citable classification
                        system or not.</blockquote>
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<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="id">id</a></td>
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<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#IDType">res:IDType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
</td>
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<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="system">system</a></td>
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<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#SystemType">res:SystemType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
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<td colspan="2" class="tablehead"><a class="sitelink" name="scope">scope</a></td>
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<span class="boldtext">Type: </span><span class="plaintext"><a class="sitelink" href="eml-resource.html#ScopeType">res:ScopeType</a></span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Use: </span><span class="plaintext">optional</span>
</p>
<p>
<span class="boldtext">Default value: </span><span class="plaintext">document</span>
</p>
</td>
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<h2>Complex Type Definitions:</h2>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#title">title</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#personnel">personnel</a></td><td class="tablepanel">required</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#abstract">abstract</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#funding">funding</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#designDescription">designDescription</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel"></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#relatedProject">relatedProject</a></td><td class="tablepanel">optional</td><td class="tablepanel">unbounded</td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#id">id</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#system">system</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td>
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<td class="tablepanel"><a class="sitelink" href="#scope">scope</a></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">optional</span></td><td class="tablepanel"><span class="plaintext">document</span></td>
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<blockquote>The researchProject complex type describes the
        structure for documenting the research context of a dataset or another
        project. It can include research goals, motivations, theory,
        hypotheses, etc., as well as a description of research efforts that
        form the basis for other work. (To document methods specific to a
        dataset use eml-methods.) This field can be associated with a dataset
        using the project field of eml-dataset, and can be associated with
        another project using the relatedProject field of eml-project (this
        module).</blockquote>
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<blockquote>The DescriptorType is used to represent either the
        name of a citable classification system/controlled vocabulary such as
        the Bailey classification of ecoregions or a domain of physical
        descriptors such as climate or disturbances.<br>
<span class="boldtext">Example(s): </span>
<br>climate<br>soils<br>hydrology<br>"bailey"<br>biome<br>disturbance<br>geology<br>
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